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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Usa, Represented BY Administrator of the U.s. Epa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Jingrang Lu, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE U.S. EPA, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); A61K 35/748 (2015.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); A61K 35/748 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); C02F 2307/14 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention is at least one panel of qPCR/RT-qPCR assays which enables simultaneous testing for the presence of multiple species and subgroups of cyanobacteria that produce microcystin, anatoxin, saxitoxin, and cylindrospermopsin cyanotoxins. The method takes into account that some cyanobacteria species may carry genes associated with multiple toxin types. Testing for each toxin type is conducted under standardized test conditions which allow quantification of the number of gene copies present for cyanotoxins which may contribute to the overall toxin level.